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Shadow Craft
Visual Aesthetics of Black and White Hindi Cinema
Shadow Craft
Visual Aesthetics of Black and White Hindi Cinema
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The years between Indian independence (1947) and the dominance of colour cinema (early 1960s) saw the emergence and fruition of a distinct, confident, and nuanced black and white aesthetic in Hindi mainstream cinema. Shadow Craft is an ardent and immersive study of cinematic craftings that emblematise the oeuvres of Kamal Amrohi, Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Bimal Roy, Guru Dutt, and Abrar Alvi. Films such as Aag (1948), Mahal (1949), Seema (1955), Pyaasa (1957), Sujata (1959), Kagaz Ke Phool (1959), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Bandini (1963) remain formative to the visual psyche of generations of South Asian viewers. This enduring visual language demonstrates a minutely attuned and sympathetic camera, evocative pools of shadow, affect-rich atmospheric composition, and the visual autonomy of performance.
With seventy five rare and curated images from the archives, Shadow Craft offers for the first time a consolidated and intimate journey through this pioneering black and white cinema aesthetic at its most expressive and climactic moment.
Table of Contents
In Gratitude
Introduction: The Promise of Monochromatic Cinema in Independent India
Overture: Kamal Amrohi's Mahal (1949)
The Rebellious Image: Raj Kapoor's Aag (1948)
Female (Self) Portraiture in Monochrome: Nutan in Bimal Roy's Sujata (1959) and Bandini (1963)
Framing the Artist: Guru Dutt's Pyaasa (1957) and Kaagaz ke Phool (1959)
The Waiting Dissolve: Abrar Alvi's Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam (1962)
Conclusion: Fade to Colour
Outro: Reel Number 13
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Product details
| Published | Oct 18 2020 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 242 |
| ISBN | 9789390176250 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic India |
| Dimensions | 216 x 135 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd |
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